Missing Pieces: The gripping and unputdownable Sunday Times bestseller 2021

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this is not a pacy or grippy story, it's very long and dragged, hence not a thriller, just a mystery So, in summary, the passive writing and extraneous telling need weeding out. As do the jumps between scenes and characters that happen with no warning. The final quarter of the book needs tightening up and shortening, and overall could do with a lot less character confessions, guesses, and monologues to speed up the pace. NEW CONNELLY AND REACHER: RESURRECTION WALK By Michael Connelly and THE SECRET By Lee and Andrew Child Stranded, no hope of escape, wondering what has brought her to this moment, Rebekah struggles for survival on a remote island. Tim Weaver brings the sense of isolation, the terror, the bleak landscape to vivid, stark life with his brilliant writing and the entire read is edge of the seat fantastic.

The Last Goodbye: The heart-pounding new thriller from the

Showcases Tim Weaver's trademark clever and original plotting. Twisty, unpredictable and so gripping. That ending will stay with me for a long time. A brilliant book!' CLAIRE DOUGLAS, bestselling author of JUST LIKE THE OTHER GIRLS Rebekah is stranded on Crow Island, miles from US mainland in a place ravaged by a hurricane with few facilities. The island is typically only operating and functional for a set season of the year, but otherwise remains barren and desolate. Over the course of the novel and through some heated and fast paced chapters we soon uncover why she's stranded there, and why someone tried to kill her- something which she herself is not yet aware of.Rebekah Murphy and her brother Johnny set out on a day trip to Crow Island, a small island just over one hundred miles from the U.S. mainland. This small place was inhabited for only half a year, mostly by fisherman. There were very few facilities on the island, which had been devastated by a hurricane in the 1980s. Johnny had set up a research interview with a local historian who was working on the island and Rebekah had offered to give him a lift. She had two very young children but was eager to spend time with her brother. An outstanding book, absolutely superb. The solution reminded me of a Russian Doll, where you take one apart to find another one still to be opened' 5***** Reader Review Things take a turn for the worse once they arrive at Crow Island and as the island is due to shut down for the winter the next day it all seems a bit eerie and very quiet. They must get the last ferry off the island at 5.00pm, or there is no other transport to get from the island to home, or they will have to stay overnight until the last ferry for the winter arrives the next morning. Rebekah is running, running for her life, she is hurt - she is desperate and other than that we don't really know what is going on, that is the opening chapter. We flip to the before and learn about Rebekah, her life and what takes her eventually to the Island, where she is now present day. The chapters flip between Rebekah trying to survive and then, the past as we run up to the present. Someone wants Rebekah dead, she is stranded on an Island alone and can't imagine why anyone would want to hurt her let alone kill her. Rebekah wasn't alone when she arrived so where is her brother and where is the person she is running from?

MISSING PIECES - TIM WEAVER | Bestselling author

What neither Rebekah nor Detective Travis realize is that each holds a missing piece from the same puzzle - and it will cost them everything to finally solve it . . .

Musím přiznat, že jsem se do čtení musela trošku nutit. Celý děj mi přišel poměrně táhlý. Thriller je pro mne synonymem napětí, které jsem však při čtení necítila snad ani jednou. A pokud je tohle “nová hvězda moderního thrilleru”, tak opouštím svět thrillerů a začínám číst sladké romanťárny.

Missing Pieces (Audio Download): Tim Weaver, Indira Varma

This novel by Tim Weaver is like a jigsaw puzzle. There are so many strands to the plot that must be fitted together to understand what is happening to Rebekah. The story is told from different standpoints and in different time zones. Mostly, it is clear where and when the story is taking place, but at times it was a little confusing. I think the author portrayed Rebekah’s emotional state well as she learned to cope with her situation. I enjoyed his portrayal of this resilient and brave woman. Gosh I devoured this. Utterly addictive, moving between before and now, it is completely unpredictable throughout, you never know quite what will happen next. As all the missing pieces of the title start coming together to form a cohesive reality, the plotting is genius and the truth is stunning in its complexity. Bek spends months on the Island, trying to survive, trying to find a way off and to even find her brother. The way in which the story unfolds, with Rebekah gradually revealing the ‘missing pieces’ to the story, is probably a little contrived, and even though Weaver eventually explains how Rebekah came to be stranded on the island, I am not sure that I was ever really convinced.The author manipulated the reader with red herrings. What on earth had the historian to do with it all? The annoying brother, too. Rebekah is the glue that holds the reader together, a layered, nuanced and completely realistic protagonist - the sheer joy of reading a woman in trouble who has no cliched issues and only realistically falters within her untenable position was the thing that puts missing pieces firmly in the running to be my book of the year. Yes even though its only January. Anyone who thinks men can't write women should read Tim Weaver. Rebekah, isolated on the island, is doing everything she can to survive and return to her children. She presumes she will be missed but needs to stay fit mentally and physically. She also wants to work out just why she is in this position - is there something in her past that might provide a clue?

The Last Goodbye - Penguin Books UK

Thank you Netgalley, Penguin Michael Joseph UK and of course Tim Weaver for letting me ready a copy of this I'm return for an honest review. The story is set in two timelines. The time before and what led her up to her present predicament. And Detective Frank Travis who is dealing with cold cases which involves searching for Rebekah and her brother Johnny. What he does know is that he retires in one week - and if he doesn't find out where Louise went, no one will . . . I liked main character, and she came alive for me. The setting and description were done well too. Here are some lines I loved: The author is again writing about his favourite topic, missing people. But this time the search is not for someone. We, the readers are with that missing person, Rebekah, the principal character, as she desperately tries to survive on an island deserted out of season, out of communication, bitterly cold and a hundred miles out from Long Island, hoping that she will be found.Different timelines, different sub plots, different chases but I felt the book quite literally lost the plot.